Gehlen Catholic School is a PreK-12 Roman Catholic school located in LeMars, Iowa. Gehlen's athletic teams are known as the Jays. They compete in the War Eagle Conference with eight other teams from northwest Iowa. Their main rival is the other Roman Catholic school in the War Eagle, Remsen St. Mary's High School. Gehlen is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux City. Their current high school principal is Bryan Paulson and current elementary principal is Andrea Loutsch.
On May 29, 1952, construction began, and the school's first graduation was held on May 29, 1954. It was named after Peter Gehlen, one of the first Catholic residents of LeMars, Iowa.
Spalding Catholic High School merged with Gehlen's high school at the start of the 2013âÂÂ14 school year. As separate programs, Spalding and Gehlen earned nine Iowa High School Athletic Association baseball championships total.
In 2017 Spalding Catholic closed its middle school, and those students were redirected to Gehlen.
The Jays compete in the following sports in the War Eagle Conference: